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Steps to Complete to Register
- The To start the registration process, you must first setup your NetID and password. The instructions for this was were given to your you in your "official offer letter" from the Graduate College. If you missed the link, please go to http://www.grad.illinois.edu/quick-guide.
- Go to http://www.registrar.illinois.edu/registration/register.html to sign up for classes. To review the courses that will be offered in computer science, please visit the Fall 2013 CS Course Schedule.
- All PHD students ARE REQUIRED to register for CS 591 PHD for fall 2013 term! This is the required orientation seminar for all new PHD students.
Number of Minimum Credit Hours to Register for Fall 2013 Term
- RA or TA Assistantship Appointment - 8 credit hours
- Full Fellowship - 12 credit hours
- Combined RA or TA Assistantship Appointment + Fellowship - 12 credit hours
Note: For PHD students who are required to register for 12 credit hours, we highly recommend that you sign up for a 4 credit hour CS 597, Independent Study, with a faculty member that they you may want to have as a thesis advisor.
Recommended Courses by Research Area for 1st Semester PHD Grads
Here are the courses being offered in fall 2013 by research area. Please note that you are not required to take all courses listed under each area. This is just a list of courses to choose from base on your research interests.
Architecture, Compilers, and Parallel Computing
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- CS 440 - Artificial Intelligence
- CS 446 - Machine Learning
- CS 549 - Seminar in Cognitive Science
- CS 598 Special Topics (choose one with a professor you may be interested in working with + the course interests youand/or a course of interest)
Database and Information Systems
- CS 411 - Database Systems
- CS 412 - Introduction to Data Mining
- CS 598 Special Topics (choose one with a professor you may be interested in working with + the course interests youwith and/or a course of interest)
Graphics
- CS 418 - Interactive Computer Graphics
- CS 498 MA Mobile Augmented Reality with John Hart
- CS 598 JCH or any other special topics course of interest
- CS 591 GFX Seminar
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- CS 421 - Programming Languages & Compilers
- CS 422 - Programming Language Design
- CS 427 - Software Engineering I
- CS 476 - Program Verification
- CS 527 - Topics in Software Engineering
- CS 598 Special Topics (choose one with a professor you may be interested in working with + the course interests youwith with and/or a course of interest)
Scientific Computing
- CS 450 - Numerical Analysis
- CS 554 - Parallel Numerical Algorithms
- CS 598 Special Topics (choose one with a professor you may be interested in working with + the course interests youwith and/or a course of interest)
Systems and Networking
- CS 424 - Real Time Systems
- CS 425 - Distributed Systems
- CS 438 - Communication Networks
- CS 436 - Wireless Networks
- CS 461 - Computer Security I
- CS 523 - Advanced Operating Systems
- CS 538 - Advanced Computer Networks
- CS 541 - Computer Systems Analysis
- CS 598 Special Topics (choose one with a professor you may be interested in working with + the course interests youwith with and/or a course of interest)
Theory and Algorithms
- CS 573 - Algorithms
- CS 574 - Randomized Algorithms
- CS 583 - Approximation Algorithms